Care of Freshening Heifer 



I have a heifer coming fresh. How 

 should I feed her and how to. gram her so 

 she would produce a good yield of jnilk? 

 When can I do for a caked udder? E. B. 



Pennsylvania. 



With good quality hay and silage fed 

 at the rate of one pound of hay and 

 three pounds of silage per 100 POunds 

 live weight the concentrates should he fed 

 at the rate of one pound of gram per 

 three to four pounds of milk produced 

 diilv A good home-made gram mixture 

 is: Ground corn. 600 pounds; ground 

 oats, 600 pounds; wheat bran, 6(20 

 pounds; linseed meal, 200 pounds; and oO 

 pounds of steamed boneraeal added. Keep 

 sal tavailable at all times and good clean 



^'Heifers' udders may cake quite badly 

 and gradually subside. It is usually 

 nothing to be alarmed about. If desired 

 any of several good liniments and bag 

 ointments may be used, also camphorated 

 ointment applied daily. k. w. d. 



Barn Itch 



. Here is my remedy : Take sulphur and 

 laid, equal parts, mix well and rub on 

 affected parts. It will cure both cattle 

 and man. ^' ^« 



Ohio. 



Duration and frequency ol 

 Heat in Farm Animals 



In heat for 



Mares 5-7 days* 



Cows 2-3 days 



Ewes 2-3 days* 



Sows 2-4 days 



If not impregnated heat will recur in 



Mares 3 to 6 weeks ^>^| 



Cows --^ to^ weeks 5?^t 



Ewes 17 to 28 days 



Sows 21 days 



* Subject to variation. - 



From a Connecticut Friend 



For over 50 years, The Rurajl New- 

 Yorker has been a regular visitor at 

 our home. My father-in-law, John H. 

 Vallett would not have thought he could 

 go about his work without The Rural, 

 as he always called it. After his death 

 by accident at 78, his son, my husband, 

 continued taking the paper. y ' 



I am enclosing picture j<<5f our cow 

 Molly, whose 22nd birthda/was^the 26th 



I notice inquiry about barn itch. Get 

 the oldest used motor oil possible, make 

 a swab on a stick and apply freely to af- 

 fected parts ; this may have to be re- 

 peated. I bought a purebred Guernsey 

 'heifer very cheap from a farmer Avho 

 thought her incurable; she is live years 

 «.ld and has not a spot. m. k. 



New York, .^ . 



"^^ Curing Calf Scours 



I have been a farmer for xnany 

 years, my entire life in fadt, and the 

 most effective ciire for calf scours 

 I have ever tried consists of 1^/^ tea- 

 spoons of cinnamon and % teaspoon 

 corn starch. Mix these together dry,-' 

 Then put them in a bottle of luke 

 warm water and shake well. Give 

 it to the calf at once right from the 

 bottle. A. J. c, 



Massachusetts. 



Boggie of Eastside is a splendid ex-, 

 ample of the kind of cows dairymen must, 

 depend upon to build really profitable 

 herds. This purebred Ayrshire cow owned 

 by Sycamore Farms, of Douglassville, i 

 Pennsylvania, has produced over 140,- 

 000 pounds of milk and 5,000 pounds of ; 

 butterfat, npt counting her first two ' 

 lactation periods, of which no record was I 

 kept. She has dropped 12 living calves j 

 and i^ now- producing 13,000 pounds of; 

 milk a year. She is from a proven sire j 



U and her dam was a heavy producer till ; 



Ijshe was fully 19 years of age. \ 



of last June. Shi- is a^^itiful Jersey. 

 Her last calf wa4 born in^^x-h, 1926, 

 and she has given milk ever sim^i. Even 

 now she is giving between four Vnd five 

 quarts of the best. She is just like one 

 of the family. On her birthday she had 

 a birthday cake, and is exceptionally fond 

 of sweet things like candy and cake. 

 New London Co., Conn. 



EDITH M. VALLEET. 



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